Draft

This species of flying fox has adapted to hunting fish by plunging into water, just like gannets and other diving birds.

It has a highly adapted aerobic metabolism, with an unusual amount of mitochondria, capillaries, and cardiovascular system.

Its wings have a high aspect ratio for speed and soaring, as well as for saving the cost of flight.

Once it catches its prey with its mouth, it comes up to the surface by paddling its adapted hind limbs, which resemble those of other swimming mammals like sea otters.

In the surface it swims with its wings towards the closest shore, where it consumes its prey.